23 Drowned Foundering of the St. Genny London, January 13
It is now revealed that 20 men and three officers lost their lives when the Admiralty tug St. Genny sank in the gale. The officers were: Lieutenant Charles…
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Accidents, 1930
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36 VICTIMS English Tempest Terrible Havoc Tug's Crew Drowned (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 13
The worst tempest in England in living memory, followed a succession of severe gales and wrought havoc at sea and on the land. The greatest calamity was the…
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Struck by Rivet.--Struck by a flying rivet at the Cardiff Railway Works to-day, J. C. Clift (35), of Macquarie-road, Cardiff, a…
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Wandering away from the Cullen Bullen hospital during the temporary absence of the nurse, Nicholas Burns, who was employed at one of the local mines, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jealous Lover Blew Himself to Pieces Girl Severely Injured Perth
As a result of an explosion in a house at Claremont yesterday, caused by a jealous lover, Bertram Morrison was blown to pieces, and Miss Guida Weir was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Killed Pinned by Overturned Car Accident Near Lismore Lismore
Ralph Dorrington, 34, a farmer, was killed in a motor accident three miles from Lismore this afternoon. Dorrington was driving home alone in a sedan car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FELL 100 FEET Youth Goes Over Cliffs Accident at Dee Why Sydney
While looking over the edge of the cliffs at Dee Why to-day, Sydney Thomas Hopkins, aged 16, of Herbert-street, Mortdale, who was spending a holiday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Street Accidents Big London Problem Minister Opens Conference LONDON, January 14
In opening a conference on London street accidents this morning, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Morrison) said it was inevitable, with the development of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Car Smashes Accident at Junction Children Escape
Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Howland, of Charlestoacn. were severely injured as a result of a collision between their motor car and a motor lorry at the…
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Hurt in Motor Accident. Two children were injured In a motor collision on tho Newcustle-road near Hexham this morning. They were…
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The Coroner, (Mr. D. W. Reed) held an inquest into the death of Edna May Davies, aged 16 years, of Devonshire-street, West Maitland, who was drowned in the…
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As a result of a car crashing into a motor lorry which was being backed out of a garage in Macquarie-street, Junction, yesterday morning, three persons who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pony Jockey Injured Sydney
Becoming frightened, Poldara bolted while exercising on the cinders track at Kensington this morning, and her rider, W. Williamson, an apprentice jockey, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Collision Motor Truck Hits Tram Melbourne
Cuthbert Fisher, 24, of North Melbourne, Thomas Cridge, 28, of Glenferrie, end Daniel Ryan, 32, of Hampton, died in hospital following a collision between…
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After inquiring into the deaths of Audrey Tasker, 7, of Northcote, and Edward O'Brien, a salesman, of Prahran, following a collision between two motor vehicles,…
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Of 485 people treated as inpatients at the Newcastle General Hospital in 1929, as the result of accidents, no fewer than 139 were victims of accidents in which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Commended Fatal Sulky Accident ARMIDALE
"Oh, I killed him trying to save him," wailed Mrs. McGuiness at an inquest this afternoon into the death of her nine-years-old nephew, George Alfred McGuiness,…
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Accident With Axe.—Albert Barthlomew, aged 11 years, residing at Northville, near Young Wallsend, cut his right leg severely with an axe this morning…
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P. Costello, 22, of 2 Scott street, Newcastle, suffered a fracture and lacerations of his left thumb, when his hand was jammed under a piece, of crap iron at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man's Foot Crushed Accident at St. Peters SYDNEY
William Eades, aged 48, of Connelly-street, Penshurst, had his left foot shockingly crushed when he was caught between a tram and a lorry in King-street, St…
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